Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookve lost a good friend and gallant gentleman. The Government has lost a very valuable officer." [Illustration: =James G. L. Ranking.=] =RANSOM, WILLIAM GEORGE=, Officers' Steward, 1st Class, L. 2595, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =RATCLIFFE, GIBSON=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 4848), 300320, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =RATE, RICHARD AUSTIN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7516), S.S. 102766, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =RATTENBURY THOMAS ERNEST=, Corpl., No. 1413, 18th Battn. (London Irish Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Thomas Charles Rattenbury, by his wife, Annie (4, Besborough Place, London, S.W.), dau. of Henry Abrams; _b._ Westminster, S.W., 13 Sept. 1893; educ. St. Matthews School, Westminster; was engaged as a Clerk with Pathé Frères; joined the London Irish Rifles in 1913; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; trained at St. Alban's; went to France in March, 1915, and was killed in action during the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. following, while gallantly advancing with his platoon to the attack on the German trenches; _unm._ [Illustration: =Thomas E. Rattenbury.=] =RAVEN, JOHN ROBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3923), 184171, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =RAWLINGS, CECIL GEORGE SANDBROOK=, L.-Corpl., No. 1784, 12th Battn. (The Rangers), The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of George Rawlings, of Rosemont, Salisbury, by his wife, Ida, eldest dau. of William Sandbrook, of The Mount, Market Drayton, co. Salop; _b._ Salisbury, co. Wilts, 11 June, 1894; educ. Salisbury School and Denstone College, where he was a member of the O.T.C.; was employed with Messrs. Story & Co., at Kensington, and later with Messrs. Waring & Gillow; joined the Rangers, Oct. 1913; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France on the following Christmas Eve, and was killed in action near Ypres, 15 Feb. 1915; _unm._ Capt. Arbuthnot in sending the news to his parents, wrote: "Just as it was getting light on the morning of the 15th, two platoons under Major V. Hoare were sent out to obtain information for the Brigade Gen., and to act as supports to some troops in front. It was not an easy task to move across the open in daylight, but Major Hoare's leading was skilful, and he found the way into the shelter of a trench. When he had got about three-quarters of the men in the trench a shell burst right in the trench, and I most deeply regret to say killed Major Hoare and three men, one of those killed I grieve to say was your son. He was killed in action doing his duty. When darkness came on in the evening we buried him about 30 yards behind the trench. A Capt. of the King's Royal Rifles read the burial service, abbreviated, by the light of an electric torch, while we stood round in a half-circle to prevent the Germans seeing the light and firing on us. I can assure you that your son's death is a real loss to the company; he always did his work so calmly and efficiently, and at the same time he was a great favourite with the whole platoon." [Illustration: =Cecil George S. Rawlings.=] =RAWLINGS, FRANK HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3848), 190362, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =RAWLINGS, JOSEPH EASTOE=, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8926), S.S. 105702, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =RAWLINS, CLIFFORD ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 9107, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =RAWLINSON, CURWEN VAUGHAN=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd (Reserve), attd. 1st, Battn. Dorsetshire Regt., only _s._ of the late Charles William Rawlinson, of Court House, Winchfleld, a Master of the Supreme Court, by his wife, Amy Vaughan (Shapley Heath, Winchfield, Hants), dau. of the late Alfred Fowler, of Down Hall, Kent; _b._ Kensington, 19 Aug. 1890; educ. Rugby; was reading Law with Messrs. Buck, Mellor and Norris, of 45, Lincoln's Inn Fields, but after the outbreak of war joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. in Nov., and obtained a commission, 16 Dec. 1914. He was killed in Flanders in the front trenches at Hill 60, 21-22 May, 1915; _unm._ [Illustration: =Curwen V. Rawlinson.=] =RAWORTH, WILLIAM ALFRED=, Private, No. 2414, 13th Battn. (Princess Louise's Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of William Raworth, R.N. (now serving in a monitor off the Belgian Coast), by his wife, Marion Helen (21, Pear Tree Cottages, James Street, Hounslow), dau. of the late Alfred French; _b._ Notting Hill, London, 17 Nov. 1894; educ. Spring Grove Council School, Isleworth; after the outbreak of war enlisted in the Kensingtons, 1 Sept. 1914, served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, including the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, and was shot by a sniper while leaving a dug-out for the trenches, 10 April, 1915; _unm._ He was buried in the churchyard at Fleurbaix. [Illustration: =William Alfred Raworth.=] =RAY, GEORGE=, Sergt., R.M.A. (R.F.R., A. 0761), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =RAY, JAMES HENRY=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 22054, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =RAYNER, CHARLES ALFRED=, A.B., (R.F.R., B. 6901), S.S. 1083, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =RAYNER, FRANK=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26354 (Dev.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =RAYNER, WILLIAM THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5071), 179317, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =RAYNES, ALBERT BRAINERD=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt., attd. 2nd Battn. Royal Berkshire Regt., eldest _s._ of Albert Edward Raynes, of 201, Denman Street, Nottingham, by his wife, Alice Mary, dau. of the late Anthony Terzza, of Nottingham; _b._ New York City, U.S.A., 21 Nov. 1894; educ. High Pavement School, Nottingham, and Nottingham University College, where he was in the O.T.C., and on the outbreak of war was given a commission in the 3rd Royal Sussex Regt., 15 Aug. 1914; went to France, 5 Nov. 1914, attd. to the 2nd Royal Berkshires, and was killed in action during the bombardment preceding the attack at Neuve Chapelle, 10 March, 1915; _unm._ He was struck by a shell towards the end of the bombardment and wounded, and shortly afterwards was killed instantly by another shell. A brother officer wrote: "I very much enjoyed his company during the time we were together.... He died like a British officer and a gentleman." He was very fond of music and a good amateur photographer. [Illustration: =Albert Brainerd Raynes.=] =RAYNOR, HERBERT=, Private, No. 2805, 1st Battn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regt., _s._ of John Raynor, by his wife, Eliza (now wife of William Cardwell, of 13, Cowel Street), da |